Cheekbone

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  • noun. undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The malar bone, forming the prominence below the outer angle of the eye.
  • noun. The superior maxillary or upper jaw-bone, forming most of the bony basis of the upper jaw.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
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  • noun. The small prominent bone of the cheek.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek
    • Word Usage
    "His whiskers were an untamed sorrel bristling and across his cheekbone was the ugly scar of a half healed wound."
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    bone  os  
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    Synonym
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    jugal bone  malar bone  os zygomaticum  zygoma  zygomatic bone  
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